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2 days agoEven though some here will call me a nerd for it, to me there is a profound beauty to watching how the Game of Life sizzles and pops. I’m in awe of the way it demonstrates unpredictability despite the complete deterministic ruleset. And when the self-replicating critters bubble up out of it and start doing their thing, something about it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Also, RIP to John Conway, another victim of Covid.
Not only is it a lie that “humanity is inherently selfish, that’s just evolution,” but the exact opposite is the case. Arguably the primary reason that humanity became as successful as it did, evolutionarily speaking, is because of our capacity for cooperation.
(Just a side note, one doesn’t have to be an anarchist to appreciate Peter Kropotkin and Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution.)